SHIRK
\ʃˈɜːk], \ʃˈɜːk], \ʃ_ˈɜː_k]\
Definitions of SHIRK
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.
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To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
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One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.
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To avoid; to escape; to neglect; - implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty.
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To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.
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To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
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One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.
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To avoid; to escape; to neglect; - implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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